 On 15 September 1997 Perešin was buried with full military honors at the Mirogoj cemetery in Zagreb.Today, the Croatian Air Force Flying School in Zadar and the Aeronautical Technical High School in Velika Gorica are both named in his honor.The MiG-21 aircraft number 26112 Perešin used to defect was transported to the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (military history museum) in Vienna and briefly shown to the public there.